Citation

Quan D. Crit. Care Clin. 2012; 28(4): 633-659.

Affiliation

Department of Emergency Medicine, Maricopa Medical Center, 2601 East Roosevelt Road, Phoenix, AZ 85008, USA; Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ, USA. Electronic address: Dan_Quan@dmgaz.org.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.ccc.2012.07.010

PMID

22998994

Abstract

Critters and creatures can strike fear into anyone who thinks about dangerous animals. This article focuses on the management of the most common North American scorpion, arachnid, hymenoptera, and snake envenomations that cause clinically significant problems. Water creatures and less common animal envenomations are not covered in this article. Critical care management of envenomed patients can be challenging for unfamiliar clinicians. Although the animals are located in specific geographic areas, patients envenomed on passenger airliners and those who travel to endemic areas may present to health care facilities distant from the exposure.

Language: en